previously

[ˈpriːviəsli]

Definition:
1. At an earlier time or formerly.

Use 'previously' in a sentence:

1. She had rented the flat from the council some fourteen months previously.
2. I haven't met him previously.
3. By 2005 he wants half of all new houses to be built on previously developed land: so-called brownfield sites.
4. The deviation from the previously accepted agreement cannot be forgiven.
5. The eight-mile road is at least 500 years older than any previously discovered road.
6. Women's sports are breaking down the barriers in previously male-dominated domains.
7. Previously our mountain area [ region] is poor and impoverised.
8. The evidence given in court was inconsistent with what he had previously told them.
9. Only the European Space Agency and the US have previously sent probes there.
10. The next afternoon Sara spoke to a few of her teammates, two of which I had previously dated.
11. He had first entered the House 12 years previously.
12. The company had previously announced the planned closures, but had not said which locations would be affected.
13. The size of the shrubs has increased and shrub cover has spread to what was previously shrub-free tundra.
14. Previously she had very little time to work in her own garden.
15. Six months previously he had quitted his job.
16. This means that we have to set all the previously mentioned properties.
17. This country has previously witnessed two great struggles to achieve a truly multicultural democracy.
18. These black models are moving in on what was previously white territory: the lucrative cosmetic contracts.
19. Previously, scientists noticed pollutants arriving in the Arctic with the wind.
20. Previously our mountain area [region] is poor and impoverised.
21. Other researchers had previously modified the bacterium to produce alcohol from organic waste.
22. She previously worked as a teacher.
23. The drug is to be reclassified after trials showed it to be more harmful than previously thought.
24. He certainly got a good break when he began to work in that firm; yet he deserved it because previously he had got a series of bad breaks.
25. Spassky had never previously lost to his antagonist.
26. It may be less damaging than previously believed.
27. The two fighters had previously boxed a 12-round match.
28. Archaeologist Bill Kelso and his team discovered the church in a previously unexplored area of the fort in Jamestown.
29. We print a selection of previously unseen photos from the Spanish rider's early years.
30. The changed outlook entails higher economic growth than was previously assumed.
31. He may suddenly take a dislike to foods that he's previously enjoyed.
32. The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations.
33. His statement ran athwart what was previously said.
34. Reviews are distilled from articles previously published in the main column.
35. The contract was awarded to a previously unknown company.
36. A previously unknown extremist group has said it carried out Friday's bomb attack.
37. Marine life was discovered at depths previously thought to be azoic.
38. I should like to add a corrective to what I have written previously.
39. Radiation may damage cells in a way that was previously unforeseen.
40. Guyana's railways were previously owned by private companies.
41. Some drugs are being used on a much larger scale than previously.
42. Indium, for example, had previously been assigned an atomic mass between those of arsenic and selenium.
43. Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority.
44. Thanks to the automobile, Americans soon had a freedom of movement previously unknown.
45. The scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.
46. The building had previously been used as a hotel.